2012 IEEE International

Instrumentation and

Measurement TechnologyConference Proceedings

(I2MTC 2012)

Graz, Austria

13 - 16 May 2012

Pages 1-702

4 IEEE IEEE Catalog Number: CFP12IMT-PRTISBN: 978-1-4577-1773-4

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Monday, May 14

10:35-13:05

Poster Session 1

Room: POSTER

AID & D/A Converters and Electronic Devices

A 12-bit 50 MS/s Pipelined ADC with Power Optimized Strategy for Ultrasonic Imaging Instruments

Cheng-Ta Chiang (National Chia Yi University, Taiwan)Chih-Hsien Wang, Richtek Technology Corporation, Taiwan)

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A NMOS Bulk Voltage Trimming Offset Calibration Technique for a 6-bit 5GS/s Flash ADC

Chrysoula Vassou (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)Lampros Mountrichas (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)Stylianos Siskos (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece)

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ADC Test Development Tool Kit 9Richard Liggiero (LTX Corporation, USA)Kenneth Donovan (LTX-Credence, USA)Solomon M Max (LTX-Credence Corporation, USA)Steven Tilden (LTX-Credence Corporation, USA)

Biomedical Monitoring

Ambulatory human upper limb joint motion monitoring 15

Diego Alvarez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Juan Carlos Alvarez (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)Rafael Gonzalez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Antonio Miguel Ldpez (University of Oviedo, Spain)

Improving the Performance of Cough Sound Discriminator in Reverberant Environments

using Microphone Array , 20Payam Moradshahi (Carleton University, Canada)Hanieh Chatrzarrin (Carleton University, Canada)Rafik Goubran (Carleton University, Canada)

Pedestrian Dead Reckoning With Waist-Worn Inertial Sensors 24Juan Carlos Alvarez (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)Antonio Miguel Lopez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Rafael Gonzalez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Diego Alvarez (University ofOviedo, Spain)

Wireless sensor node for respiratory sounds monitoring 28Dinko Oletic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)Vedran Bilas (University of Zagreb, Croatia)

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Dielectric and Magnetic Sensing

Enable the inherent omni-directionality of an absolute coupled dark state magnetometerfor e.g. scientific space applications 33Andreas Pollinger (Austrian Academy of Sciences & TU Graz, Austria)Michaela Ellmeier (TU Graz, Austria)Werner Magnes (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)Christian Hagen (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)Wolfgang Baumjohann (Austrian Academy of Sciences, Austria)Erich Leitgeb (TU Graz, Austria)Roland Lammegger (TU Graz, Austria)

Comparison of Methods of Piezoelectric Coefficient Measurement 37Jifi Fialka (Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic)PetrBenes (Brno University of Technology & FEEC, Czech Republic)

Amplifying the Effect of Local Magnetic Saturation for Contactless DisplacementMeasurement using Copper Shielding , , , 43

Christoph Weissinger (Technical University of Munich, Germany)Stefan Lobmeyer (Technical University of Munich, Germany)Hans-Georg Herzog (Technical University of Munich, Germany)

A New Free-Space Calibration Technique for Materials Measurement 47Phil Bartley (Innovative Measurement Solutions, Inc, USA)Shelley Begley (Agilent Technologies, Inc., USA)

Impedance Spectroscopy on a Single PEM Fuel Cell for the Evaluation of Current Ripple Effects.. 52Roberto Ferrero (Politenico di Milano, Italy)Mirko Marracci (University of Pisa, Italy)Bernardo Tellini (University of Pisa, Italy)

Effects of charge collectors in ferroelectric E-Field sensors 57Bruno Andd (University of Catania, Italy)Salvatore Baglio (University of Catania, Italy)Vincenzo Marietta (University of Catania, Italy)Adi R. Bulsara (Space and Naval Warfare Center, USA)

Measurement Method of the Complex Magnetic Permeability of Ferrites in High Frequency 63Carlos Cuellar (Universite de Lille 1, France)Wenhua Tan (ECLille - L2EP, France)Xavier Margueron (ECLille - L2EP, France)Abdelkader Benabou (Universite de Lille 1, France)Nadir Idir (Universite de Lille 1 - L2EP, France)

Electromagnetic Model of an Ironless Inductive Position Sensor , , 69Alessandro Danisi (CERN & EPFL, Switzerland)Alessandro Masi (CERN, Switzerland)Roberto Losito (CERN, Switzerland)Yves Perriard (EPFL, Switzerland)

Dynamic Capacitive Extensometry Setup for In-Situ Monitoring of Dielectric Elastomer Actuators 75Gerda Buchberger (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)Bernhard Mayrhofer (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)Bernhard Jakoby (Johannes Kepler University Linz, Austria)Wolfgang Hilber (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)Siegfried Bauer (Johannes Kepler University, Austria)

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Directional Human Approach and Touch Detection for Nets Based on Capacitive Measurement

Thomas Schlegl (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Michael J. Moser (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Hubert Zangl (Graz University of Technology, Austria)

Precise Fourier Transform Spectroscopy based Measurement of Dielectric Properties of

Thin Films at Terahertz Frequency Range ,Liu Chao (Tufts University, USA)Anjali Sharma (Tufts University, USA)Mohammed N Afsar (Tufts University, USA)

Electrical & Power Measurements

Using the Load Current of the CPU to Dynamically Control the Voltage and Reduce thePower Consumption of PC SystemsY. W. Bai (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)Feng-Hua Chang (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)

An International Intercomparison of Quantum-Based AC Voltage StandardsThomas Lipe (NIST, USA)Joseph R Kinard (NIST, USA)Yi-hua Tang (NIST, USA)Peter S Filipski (National Research Council Canada, Canada)

Automatic voltage disturbance detection and classification using wavelets andmulticlass logistic regression 103Dimce Kostadinov (Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Republic of Macedonia)Dimitar Taskovski (Ss Cyril and Methodius University, Republic of Macedonia)

Characterization of AC-DC Transfer Shunts up to 100 A at 100 kHz Using Two-Stage,Amplifier-Aided Current Transformers

Joseph R Kinard (NIST, USA)Owen Laug (NIST, USA)Bryan Waltrip (NIST, USA)Thomas Lipe (NIST, USA)

A Novel Voltage Clamp Circuit for the Measurement of Transistor Dynamic On-ResistanceRatmir Gelagaev (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)Pieter Jacmaer (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)Jordi Everts (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)Johan Driesen (Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium)

Dynamic Analysis of Electronic Devices' Power SignaturesMarius Marcu (Politehnica University of Timisoara & Lasting Software Timisoara, Romania)Cosmin Cernazanu (Politehnica University of Timisoara, Romania)

Multielectrode Measurement of Conductive Liquid Layer Thickness

Dejan Vurin (Telegra d. d., Croatia)Hrvoje Dzapo (University ofZagreb, Croatia)

Early Progress in the Development of a Radiometric PD Location SystemJos4 Maurlcio Neto (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)Euler Tavares Macedo (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)M. L. N Batista (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)Tony Carlos Cavalcanti (Federal University of Campina Grande,Brazil)Edson C. Guedes (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)J. S. Rocha Neto (Federal University of Campina Grande, Brazil)Ian A Glover (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom)

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Practical Considerations for Laboratory Based Spectral Monitoring in the High Frequency (HF) Band 134

Zachary Dunn (University of Oklahoma, USA)Mark Yeary (University of Oklahoma, USA)

Wide-area Measurement-based Power System for Smart Transmission Grid WithCommunication Delay 138

Shafiqul Islam (University of Ottawa, Canada)Peter Liu (Carleton University, Canada)Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Analysis on Eccentric Bus-bar Testing Method of Heavy Current Transformer 144Jin Xing (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)Wei Zhao (Tsinghua University, P.R. China)Songling Huang (Tsinghua university, P.R. China)Bo Jiang (Sichuan Electric Power Test and Research Institute, P.R. China)

A Novel Algorithm for the Parallel Arc Fault Identification in DC Aircraft Power Plants .....148

Riccardo Grassetti (Logic SpA, Italy)Roberto Ottoboni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Low Distortion Power Amplifier for Battery Measurement Systems. 154Stefan Gruber (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Manes Recheis (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Bernhard Schweighofer (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Hannes Wegleiter (Graz University of Technology, Austria)

Practical implementation issues in detecting voltage dips 159Antonio Moschitta (University of Perugia, Italy)Mario Luca Fravolini (University of Perugia, Italy)Paolo Carbone (University of Perugia, Italy)Francesco Tissi (University of Perugia, Italy)

Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

Design of a Low Cost Video Monitor Store and Forward Device 165Justin Marais (University of Pretoria, South Africa)Gerhard P Hancke (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Leukocyte nucleus segmentation and recognition in color blood-smear images...., , 171Der-Chen Huang (Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)Kun-Ding Hung (Chung Hsing University, Taiwan)

Dual Supervisory Architecture for Drift Correction and Accurate Visual Servoing in Industrial

Manufacturing 177Valentin Borsu (University of Ottawa, Canada)Pierre Payeur (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Sampling Problems in Granulometry , 183Pranas Kuzas (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)Darius Gailius (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)Vygantas Augutis (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)Antanas Dumcius (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)

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Ultrasonic Speckle Reduction Based on Soft Thresholding in Quaternion Wavelet Domain N/A

Jing Jin (Harbin institute of Technology, P.R. China)Yipeng Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)Qiang Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)Shen Yi (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Reversible Data Hiding Without Side Information N/A

Hyang-mi Yoo (Chungbuk national university, Korea)Sang-Kwang Lee (Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute, Korea)Bo-Seok Seo (Chungbuk National University, Korea)Jae-Won Suh (Chungbuk National University, Korea)

Ultrasound Extended-Field-of-View Imaging Based on Motion Estimation Using QuaternionWavelet N/A

Yipeng Liu (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)Jing Jin (Harbin institute of Technology, P.R. China)Qiang Wang (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)Shen Yi (Harbin Institute of Technology, P.R. China)

Flight Stability Study of Micro Air Vehicle with Elastic Aerodynamic Shape 200Yanan Yu (Tianjin University & Brunei University, P.R. China)Qingping Yang (Brunei University, United Kingdom)Xiangjun Wang (Tianjin University, P.R. China)

Accelerometer based horizon and keystone perspective correction 205

Enrico Calore (University of Milan, Italy)Federico Pedersini (University of Milan, Italy)luri Frosio (University ofMilan, Italy)

Automated Tuning of a Vision-based Inspection System for Industrial Food Manufacturing 210Mai Chetima (University of Ottawa, Canada)Pierre Payeur (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Image segmentation using wavelet coefficients and geodesic distance between ellipticaldistributions for applications in street view 216Rodolfo Canonico (UFRGS, Brazil)Jacob Scharcanski (UFRGS, Brazil)Geert Verdoolaege (Ghent University, Belgium)

A novel image enhancement approach for Phalanx and Epiphyseal/metaphysealsegmentation based on hand radiographs 220

Chih-Yen Chen (Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan)Tai-Shan Liao (Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan)Chi-Wen Hsieh (National Chiayi University, Taiwan)Tzu-Chiang Liu (Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taiwan)Hung-Chun Chien (Jinwen University of Science and Technology, Taiwan)

MPEG-2 Digital Video Watermarking Technique 225

Satyendra Biswas (Norfolk State University, USA)Sabikun Nahar (Independent University, Bangladesh)Sunil R. Das (University of Ottawa, Canada)Emil M. Petriu (University of Ottawa, Canada)Mansour H Assaf (The University of the South Pacific (USP), Fiji)Voicu Groza (University of Ottawa, Canada)

A New Approach for Automatic Visual Monitoring of Analog Meter Displays 230Carlos Behaine (UFRGS, Brazil)Jacob Scharcanski (UFRGS, Brazil)

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Low-Cost Automatic Visual Inspection System for Media in Hard Disk Drive Mass Production , 234Zhi Sheng Chow (Monash University, Malaysia)Melanie P-L. Ooi (Monash University, Malaysia)Ye Chow Kuang (Monash University Malaysia, Malaysia)

Serge Demidenko (RMIT International University Vietnam & Saigon South campus, Vietnam)

Patch based yarn defect detection using Gabor filters

Lucia Bissi (University of Perugia, Italy)

Giuseppe Baruffa (University of Perugia, Italy)Pisana Placidi (University of Perugia, Italy)Elisa Ricci (University of Perugia, Italy)Andrea Scorzoni (University of Perugia, Italy)Paolo Valigi (University of Perugia, Italy)

Measurement Systems and Signal Processing

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The Development of Automatic Optometry Instrument based on the ANSI/ISEA Z87.1 Standard 245

Chun-Li Chang (Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan)Wen-Hong Wu (Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan)Wen-Tse Hsiao (Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan)Kuo-Cheng Huang (Instrument Technology Research Center, Taiwan)

Using Ensemble Empirical Mode Decomposition to Improve the Static Fringe Analysisin Optical Testing , 249Yu-Ta Chen (National Central University, Taiwan)Mang Ou-Yang (National Chiao Tung University, Taiwan)Shuen-De Wu (National Taiwan Normal University, Taiwan)Shiou-Gwo Lin (National Taiwan Ocean University, Taiwan)Yi-Ting Kuo (Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Taiwan)Cheng-Chung Lee (National Central University, Taiwan)

A Versatile Built-in Test Architecture for Integrated Millimeter-Wave Radar Receiver Front-Ends 254Dietmar Kissinger (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)Roman Agethen (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)Robert Weigel (University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany)

Instrumentation Electronic Data Sheets: IEEE 1451-like Extension to Measuring Systems., 259

Giada Giorgi (University of Padova, Italy)Claudio Narduzzi (University ofPadova, Italy)

Compact FPGA-Based Elaboration Platform for Wide-Bandwidth Electrochemical Measurements 264

Marco Carminati (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Angelo Rottigni (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Diego Alagna (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Giorgio Ferrari (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Sampietro (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Sensorless position estimation in solenoid actuators with load compensation 268Ivor Dulk (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)Tama's Kovacshazy (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)

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Prototyping and Testing a Debris Resistive Acoustic Grid Orbital Navy SensorMichael Tsao (United States Naval Academy, USA)Hau Ngo (United States Naval Academy, USA)Christopher R. Anderson (United States Naval Academy, USA)Albert Sadilek (USNA, USA)Vincent Pisacane (United States Naval Academy, USA)Frank Giovane (Virginia Tech University, USA)Robert Corsaro (Naval Research Laboratory, USA)Mark Burchell (University of Kent Center ofAstrophysics and Planetary Science, USA)Eugene Stansberry (NASA Johnson Space Center Orbital Debris Office, USA)Jer-Chyi Liou (NASA Johnson Space Center Orbital Debris Office, USA)

Fuzzy Flip-Flop based Neural Networks as a Novel Implementation Possibility of

Multilayer PerceptronsRita Lovassy (Obuda University Budapest, Hungary)Ldszlo Ga/ (University of West Hungary, Hungary)Arpad Tdth (SzGchenyi Istvan University, Hungary)L£szlo T. Kdczy (SzSchenyi IstvAn University, Hungary)Imre J. Rudas (Obuda University, Budapest, Hungary)

IronIC Patch: A Wearable Device for the Remote Powering and Connectivity of ImplantableSystemsJacopo Olivo (EPFL, Switzerland)Sandro Carrara (EPFL, Switzerland)Giovanni De Micheli (Laboratoire des Systemes Integres, EPFL,Switzerland)

Path Driving of Ferrofluid Samples for Bio-Sensing Applications..,Bruno Andd (University of Catania, Italy)Salvatore Bagiio (University of Catania, Italy)Angela Beninato (University of Catania, Italy)

Adaptive Taylor-Fourier synchrophasor estimation for fast response to changing conditionsPaolo Castello (University of Cagliari, Italy)Marco Lixia (University of Cagliari, Italy)Carlo Muscas (University of Cagliari, Italy)Paolo Attilio Pegoraro (University of Cagliari, Italy)

11:00-13:05

Dielectric and Magnetic Sensing 1Room: S1

Signal Synthesis for Magnetoresistive Speed Sensors based on Field Simulationscombined with Measured Sensor Characteristic DiagramsMartin Krey (Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Germany)Karl-Ragmar Riemschneider (Hochschule furAngewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Germany)Stefan Zippel (Hochschule fur Angewandte Wissenschaften Hamburg, Germany)

Modeling of single turn coil impedance including wiring effectsUwe Trdltzsch (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)Frank Wendler (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)Olfa Kanoun (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)

Measuring the Complex Permittivity of Thin Grain Samples bythe Free-Space Transmission Technique ,Jochem Roelvink (United States Department ofAgriculture, USA)Samir Trabelsi (United States Department ofAgriculture, USA)

Induction Conductivity Measurement of Surrounding Low-Conductive MediumFrom Copper Tube — Experimental Verification 314Darko Vasic (University of Zagreb, Croatia)Vedran Bilas (University of Zagreb, Croatia)Anthony Peyton (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)

Injection-Locking Benefits for weak AC magnetic field detection in Coupled-CoreFluxgate Magnetometers 318Bruno Ando (University of Catania, Italy)Salvatore Baglio (University of Catania, Italy)Carlo Trigona (University of Catania, Italy)Adi R. Bulsara (Space and Naval Warfare Center (San Diego), USA)Nigel Stocks (University of Warwick, United Kingdom)Alexander Nikitin (University of Warwick, Italy)

11:00-13:05

Electrical & Power Measurements 2

Room: S2

Root-Mean-Square Measurement of Periodic, Band-Limited Signals 323

Predrag B. Petrovic (Technical Faculty Cacak, Serbia)

A Consumption Current Measurement Approach for FPGA Based Embedded Systems 328Zilvinas Nakutis (Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania)

Tracking time-varying waveform distortion in power systems using filter banks... 334Julio Barros (University of Cantabria, Spain)Matilde Apraiz (University of Cantabria, Spain)Ramdn I. Diego (University of Cantabria, Spain)

Performance of three algorithms for the fundamental frequencyestimation against 16.7 Hz railways data 339Rado Lapuh (Metrology institute of the Republic of Slovenia.Slovenia)Andrea Mariscotti (Universita di Genova, Italy)

Sensitivity to flicker of dimmable and non-dimmable lamps 344Izaskun Azcarate (University of the Basque Country, Spain)Jose Julio Gutierrez (University of the Basque Country, Spain)Andoni Lazkano (University of the Basque Country, Spain)Purificacion Saiz (University of the Basque Country, Spain)Luis Alberto Leturiondo (University of the Basque Country, Spain)Koldo Redondo (University of the Basque Country, Spain)

11:00-13:05

Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 1

Room: S3

Biomimetic Measurement of Optical Flow and Centroid for Visual-Servo Control of Hover Flight ........348

Philip Crnko (McMaster University, Canada)David Capson (McMaster University, Canada)

A Measurement Approach Based on Micro-Doppler Maps for Human Motion Analysis and Detection 354

Alessandro Sona (University of Padova, Italy)Giada Giorgi (University of Padova, Italy)Roberto Ricci (University of Padua, Italy)

Feature-Specific Illumination Patterns for Automated Visual Inspection 360

Robin Gruna (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany)Jurgen Beyerer (Fraunhofer IOSB, Germany)

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A Novel Method for Measuring Nutrition Intake Based on Food Image 366Rana Almaghrabi (University of Ottawa, Canada)Gregorio Villalobos (University of Ottawa, Canada)Parisa Pouladzadeh (University of Ottawa, Canada)Shervin Shirmohammadi (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Contourlet Based Distance Measurement to Improve Fingerprint Identification Accuracy 371Mona Omidyeganeh (Ottawa University, Canada)Abbas Javadtalab (University of Ottawa, Canada)Shahrokh Ghaemmaghami (Sharif University of Technology, Iran)Shervin Shirmohammadi (University of Ottawa, Canada)

11:00-13:05

Industrial: Alternative Vehicles 1

Room: S4

Power Line Communication Channel Modeling for In-Vehicle Applications 376

Igor S Stievano (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)Flavio Canavero (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)Vlad Dafinescu (Technical University 'Gheorghe Asachi' of lasi, Romania)

Vehicle Re-identification With a Single Magnetic Sensor 380Sylvie Charbonnier (Gipsa-lab INPG-CNRS, France)Anne-Cecile Pitton (CEA-LETI Minatec, France)Andrea Vassilev (CEA-LETI Minatec, France)

Road Load Data Acquisition at MAGNA STEYR , 386Marcus Mitsch (Magna Steyr Fahrzeigtechnik AG & Co KG, Austria)

A particle filtering approach for joint vehicular detection and tracking in lidar data 391Benoit Forth (University Lille Nord-de-France, France)Jean-Charles Noyer (University Lille Nord de France, France)Regis Lherbier (University Lille Nord-de-France, France)

Reflectrometry based Fault Localization in Automotive Bus Systems 397Allan Tengg (The Virtual Vehicle Competence Center (ViF), Austria)

Peter Hank (NXP Semiconductors Germany GmbH, Germany)

11:00-13:05

Industrial: Protecting the Environment 1Room: S5

Near-bottom sediment dynamics on highly-protected beaches 403Josefina Antonijuan (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)Jorge Guillen (Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC, Spain)Laura Lopez (Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC, Spain)Gonzalo Simarro (Institut de Ciencies del Mar-CSIC, Spain)

A Teaching Approach Based on the Numerical Simulation of Acoustic NoiseGenerated by Engine in Industrial Environments 407Ventura J Munoz (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)Eduardo E Zurek (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)Danilo A Garcia (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)JovannyA Pacheco (Universidad del Norte, Colombia)

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Dynamic Prioritization of Multi-sensor Feeds for Resource Limited Surveillance Systems 412Dewan T Ahmed (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)M. Anwar Hossain (King Saud University, Saudi Arabia)

An Electronic Interface for Measuring C02 Emissions in Embedded Systems 417Daniel Garcia-Romeo (University of Zaragoza, Spain)Hector Fuentes (University of Zaragoza, Spain)Nicolas Medrano (University of Zaragoza, Spain)Belen Calvo (University of Zaragoza, Spain)Santiago Celma (University of Zaragoza, Spain)Diego Antolin (University of Zaragoza, Spain)

An Integrated CMOS Receiver-TDC Chip for mm-accurate Pulsed

Time-of-Flight Laser Radar Measurements 421Jan Nissinen (University of Oulu, Finland)llkka Nissinen (University of Oulu, Finland)Juha Kostamovaara (University of Oulu, Finland)

11:00-13:05

Industrial: Sustainable Energy 1Room: S6

Modeling and Design of an Electromagnetic Vibration Energy Harvesterand its Dedicated Energy Extraction Circuit 425Emmanuelle Arroyo (Universite de Savoie & Laboratoire,France)Adrien Badel (Universite de Savoie, France)Fabien Formosa (Universite de Savoie, France)

A Simplified Model of Photovoltaic Panel 431Loredana Cristaldi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Faifer (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Sergio Toscani (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Wood Chip Fiber Flow Rate Control and TMP Refining Energy Saving 437

Feng Ding (CRIQ, Canada)Claude Lejeune (CRIQ, Canada)Alain Poulin (Hydro Quebec, Canada)Luc Laperriere (UQTR, Canada)

Drilling Dynamics Measurements at the Drill Bit to Address Today's Challenges , 443Olivier J Hoffmann (Baker Hughes Incorporated, USA)Jayesh Jain (Baker Hughes, USA)Reed Spencer (Baker Hughes, USA)Navish Makkar (Baker Hughes, USA)

Accuracy of Ultrasonic Sensor in Caliper Log 449Behzad Elahifar (University ofLeoben, Austria)Abdolali Esmaeili (University ofLeoben, Austria)RudolfKonrad Fruhwirth (TDE Thonhauser Data Engineering GmbH.Austria)Gerhard Thonhauser (University ofLeoben, Austria)

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11:00-13:05

SPECIAL SESSION: Instrumentation and Measurement for Non-destructive Testing and Evaluation (NDT&E)Room: S7

Influence of the Surface Roughness on Images Acquired by Flying Spot Active

Thermography: Case of the High Pressure Turbine Blades 454Thierry Maffren (Onera, France)Frangois Lepoutre (Onera, France)Geoffrey Deban (Onera, France)Anne Mavel (Onera, France)Patrick Juncar (LNE, France)

Uniform Eddy Current Probe based on GMR Sensor Array and Image Processing for NDT 458Octavian Adrian Postolache (Institute de Telecomunicacoes, Institute Superior Tecnico, Portugal)ArturL. Ribeiro (Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal)Helena G. Ramos (Instituto de Telecomunicacoes, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Portugal)

Non-Uniform Manual Scanning for Microwave Nondestructive Evaluation Imaging 464Mohammad T Ghasr (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)Joseph Case (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)Dylan Crocker (Missouri University of Science and Technology, USA)Reza Zoughi (Missouri University of Science and Technoogy, USA)

Ultrasonic NDE in a Reactor Core 469

D. A. Parks (Penn State University, USA)Bernhard Tittmann (Penn State University, USA)

Rapid Corrosion Detection using 94 GHz Millimeter wave Technology 473

Kwang Hwee Seah (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)Faeyz Karim (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)Michael Ong (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)Tat Meng Chiam (Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore)

14:15-16:45

Poster Session 2

Room: POSTER

Condition Monitoring

Self-testing of analog parts of mixed-signal electronic microsystems based onmultiple sampling of time responses 477Zbigniew Czaja (Gdansk University of Technology, Poland)

Measurement Method for Failure Prognosis in Lead-Free Interconnections 483Marcantonio Catelani (University of Florence, Italy)Valeria L. Scarano (University of Florence, Italy)

Trace and debug port based watchdog processor 488Balazs Scherer (Budapest University of Technologies and Economics, Hungary)Gabor Horvath (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)

Moisture Detection in Insulating Oil Using Acoustic Signals N/AIsmael Noronha (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil)Giscard Veloso (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil)Luiz da Silva (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil)Germano Lambert-Torres (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil)Jonas Silva (Federal University of Itajuba, Brazil)Ronan Dias (TermoPernambuco, Brazil)

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Shape Estimation and Health Monitoring of Wind Turbine Tower Using a FBG Sensor Array 496Hyung-joon Bang (Korea Institute ofEnergy Research & Wind Energy Research Ctr., Korea)Suk-whan Ko (Korea Institute of Energy Research, Korea)Moon-seok Jang (Korea Institute ofEnergy Research, Korea)Hong-il Kim (KAIST, Korea)

From Machine Control to Drilling Control 501Eric Cayeux (International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway)Benoit Daireaux (International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway)

An online quality control system for GPS stations used for geodetic surveillance. , 507Mauro D'Arco (University of Naples Federico II, Italy)Giovanni Scarpato (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia,Italy)Umberto Tammaro (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Italy)Michele Vadursi (University ofNaples "Parthenope", Italy)

Axial Vibration Monitoring in Laboratory Scale Using CDC miniRig and Vibration Sensor Sub N/AAbdolali Esmaeili (University ofLeoben, Austria)Behzad Elahifar (University ofLeoben, Austria)Rudolf Konrad Fruhwirth (IDE Thonhauser Data Engineering GmbH, Austria)Gerhard Thonhauser (University ofLeoben, Austria)

Industrial: Alternative Vehicles

High Precision Torque Measurement on a Rotating Load Coupling for Power Generation Operations 518Peter Sue (GE Energy, USA)Derek Wilson (GE Energy, USA)Lawrence Fan (GE Energy, USA)Andrea Kretschmar (GE Energy, USA)

A Monitoring System for the Use of Solar Energy in Electric and Hybrid Electric Vehicles. , ,...524Christian Schuss (University of Oulu, Finland)Bernd Eichberger (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Timo Rahkonen (University of Oulu, Finland)

Impedance measurements of ferrite core displacement sensors for flywheel energy storage systems 528Manes Recheis (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Hannes Wegleiter (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Bernhard Schweighofer (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Paul Fulmek (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

Image-Based Localization of Vehicle Parts Guided by Visual Attention 533Ana-Maria Cretu (University of Ottawa, Canada)Pierre Payeur (University of Ottawa, Canada)

A simple measuring system for automotive damper wear estimation 539Luca Ferrari (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)Stefano Cattini (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)Luigi Rovati (University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy)Andrea Bosi (R-Sens Sri, Italy)

System Identification Method for Ultrasonic Intake Air Flowmeter for Engine Test Bed Applications........544Michael Tauch (Technische Universitat Graz, Austria)Klaus Witrisal (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Katarzyna Kudlaty (AVL List GmbH, Austria)Stefan Noehammer (AVL List GmbH, Austria)Michael Wiesinger (AVL List GmbH, Austria)

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Preliminary Results in Vehicle Classification Via Tire Dimensions and ConfigurationThomas Behan (Ryerson University, Canada)Zaiyi Liao (Ryerson University, Canada)Lian Zhao (Ryerson University, Canada)

Vision-based Robust Localization for Vehicles

Federico Moro (University of Trento, Italy)Daniele Fontanelli (University of Trento, Italy)Luigi Palopoli (University of Trento, Italy)

Instrumentation and Control of a High Power BLDC Motor for Small Vehicle Applications....Alexander Rowe (Massey University, New Zealand)Gourab Sen Gupta (Massey University, New Zealand)Serge Demidenko (RMIT International University Vietnam, Vietnam)

Fast and Accurate Battery Model applicable for EV and HEV SimulationBernhard Schweighofer (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Hannes Wegleiter (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Manes Recheis (Graz University of Technology, Austria)Paul Fulmek (Vienna University of Technology, Austria)

Industrial: Sustainable Energy

Validation of a Photovoltaic Electrical Model against Experimental Data

Filippo Attivissimo (Polytechnic ofBari, Italy)Attilio Di Nisio (Polytechnic ofBari, Italy)Maurizio Spadavecchia (Polytechnic ofBari, Italy)Alessio Carullo (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)Alberto Vallan (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)Filippo Spertino (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

AC and DC Power Quality of Photovoltaic SystemsDaniele Gallo (Second University ofNaples, Italy)Carmine Landi (Second University ofNaples, Italy)Mario Luiso (Second University of Naples, Italy)

Application of energy-harvesting in wireless sensor networks using predictive schedulingPeter Gyorke (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)Beta Pataki (Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary)

Experimental Testing for Stability Analysis of Distributed Energy ResourcesComponents with Storage Devices and LoadsLucian Mihet-Popa (Politehnica University of Timisoara & Riso DTU, Romania)Voicu Groza (University of Ottawa, Canada)Fridrik Isleifsson (Rise DTU Nat. Lab. for Sustainable Energy, Denmark)

MPPT definition and validation: a new model-based approachLoredana Cristaldi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Faifer (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Sergio Toscani (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)

Active Cooling of Downhole Instrumentation for Drilling in Deep Geothermal Reservoirs....Erik Pennewitz (TU Braunschweig & Baker Hughes, Germany)Meinhard Schilling (TU Braunschweig, Germany)Thomas Kruspe (Baker Hughes, Germany)Sebastian Jung (Baker Hughes, Germany)Andreas Ruehs (Baker Hughes, Germany)

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Home Energy saving for Heating/cooling system by distributed intelligent energy controller 604Rana Abaalkhail (University of Ottawa, Canada)Mauricio Orozco (New York University Abu Dhabi, Canada)Abdulmotaleb El Saddik (University of Ottawa, Canada)

Hybrid Energy Harvesting for Autonomous Sensors in Building Automation ....610Christian Viehweger (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)Marc Baldauf (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)Thomas Keutel (University of Technology, Germany)Olfa Kanoun (Chemnitz University of Technology, Germany)

Economical evaluation of PV system Losses due to the Dust and Pollution 614Loredana Cristaldi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Faifer (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marco Rossi (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)Marcantonio Catelani (University of Florence, Italy)Lorenzo Ciani (University of Florence, Italy)Emanuele Dovere (Universita degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy)Stefano Jerace (Universita degli Studi di Bergamo, Italy)

On the use of Narrow Band Power Line as Communication Technology for Mediumand Low Voltage Smart Grids 619Antonio Cataliotti (University ofPalermo, Italy)Valentina Cosentino (Universita di Palermo, Italy)Dario Di Cara (universita di Palermo, Italy)Pierluca Russotto (University of Palermo, Italy)Giovanni Tine (National Research Council, Italy)

Piezoelectric Energy Harvesting from Induced Vortex in Water Flow 624Erik Molino-Minero-Re (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)Montserrat Carbonell-Ventura (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)Carles Fisac-Fuentes (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)Anton! Manuel-Lazaro (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)Daniel M Toma (Technical University of Catalonia, Spain)

Measurement Systems

Three-independent axis instrumented sphere for compression measurementbased on piezoelectric transducers 628Ivan MQIIer (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil)Diego Basso (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS), Brazil)Vainer Brusamarello (UFRGS, Brazil)Carlos E Pereira (Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil)

A high frequency digital induction system for low conductivity object measurements 633Guang Chen (Tianjin University, P.R. China)Jianna Hao (Tianjin University, P.R. China)Zhang Cao (Beihang University, P.R. China)Wuliang Yin (University of Manchester, United Kingdom)Qian Zhao (Tianjin University, P.R. China)Xu Kai (School of Electrical Engineering & Automation, P.R. China)

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The unit control of an acquisition system for ocean bottom seismometer (OBS) 637Normandino Carreras (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)Xavier Roset (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)S. Sharhriat (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)C. Artero (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)Antoni Manuel-Lazaro (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)T. Owen (Carrack Measument Technology, UK)Josefina Antonijuan (Polytechnic University of Catalonia, Spain)

A Low-Cost Instrument for the Measurement of Microwave Resonances in Quasi-Spherical Cavities 641

Simone Corbellini (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Design of a controller for a universal input/output port 647

Deep Vardhan Bhatt (University of Pretoria, South Africa)Dylan du Tort (University of Pretoria, South Africa)Gerhard P Hancke (University of Pretoria, South Africa)

Nanovoltmeter amplifier for low level voltage measurements 653

Gianluca Cannata (University of Messina, Italy)Graziella Scandurra (University ofMessina, Italy)Carmine Ciofi (University of Messina, Italy)

Sinter-Attach of Peltier Dice for Cooling of Deep-Drilling Electronics 658

Julian Kahler (Institute of Semiconductor Technology, University of Technology TU Braunschweig, Germany)Andrej Stranz (Technical University ofBraunschweig, Germany)Andreas Waag (TU Berlin, Germany)Erwin Peiner (Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany)Sebastian Jung (Baker Hughes, Germany)Thomas Kruspe (Baker Hughes, Germany)

Inductive Power Transfer for Autonomous Sensors in Presence of Metallic Structures 664

Joan Albesa (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)Manel Gasulla (Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, Spain)

New Surface and Down-Hole Sensors Needed for Oil and Gas Drilling 670

Fred Florence (National Oilwell Varco, USA)James Burks (National Oilwell Varco, USA)

Use of a Multi-Frequency Relay of Ultrasonic Sensors with PIR Sensors to Extendthe Sensing Range of an Embedded Surveillance System 676Y. W. Bai (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)Zi-Li Xie (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)Chen-Chien Cheng (Fu Jen Catholic University, Taiwan)

Mobile Devices

Real-Time Smart Meter With Embedded Web Server Capability 682

Giuseppe Del Prete (Second University of Naples, Italy)Carmine Landi (Second University of Naples, Italy)

A Common Wireless Remote Control System for Mobile Robots in Laboratory 688Hui Liu (University of Rostock, Germany)Norbert Stoll (Center for Life Science Automation, Germany)Steffen Junginger (University of Rostock & IEF, Germany)Kerstin Thurow (Center for Life Science Automation - CELISCA, Germany)

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Estimation of the geographic vertical position of a person using a shank-mounted inertial sensor,Antonio Miguel Lopez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Diego Alvarez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Rafael Gonzalez (University of Oviedo, Spain)Juan Carlos Alvarez (Universidad de Oviedo, Spain)

Sensors uncertainty on an Android smart phoneMaria Grazia D'Elia (University of Salerno, Italy)Vincenzo Paciello (University of Salerno, Italy)

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